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, 1887-06-19

Location notices at Leader office,
, 1887-06-19
HOLLINGSWORTH HAY RAKES.

ives & Historical Dept; Cheyenne, Hvo.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-08
RATES OF SPEED.
graduate.

Swallows fly at rate of $50 to 200 miles
an hour.
An ice yacht will skim along at seventy
miles an hour.
The Connecticut cyclone Of 1882 did 26O
miles an hour.
The big comet of 1S43 reached speed of
325 miles a second.
The earth travels around the sun at the rate
of eighteen miles second.
The electric current in an overheated wire
travels % 800 miles in second.
Carrier pigeons have flown at the rate of
ia miles an hour for seven hours.
The shock of the Granada earthquake in
1884 Travelled at the rate of 1900 miles an
tour
On the Great Northern, an English rail
way, one tran makes 105 miles in 10S min
utes but trains have been driven 100 miles
an hour.
The greatest velocity ever measured by
man was shat Of the electric discharge Of a
Ieyd n bottle through a slender copper wire,
which as ocmmuted to be 280, 900 miles =
second
Gen Woseley, as adjutant, general of the
British army, receives a salary of Sl3,50O,
while Field Marshal Won Moltke one Of the
greatest generals of modern times, who per-
forms the same duties in the German army,
gets only $1,000, and the adjutant general Of
the French army only has $4,00j.
Harrison w. Garrett, Robert Garrett, Jr.,
and John w. Garrett, sons of Robert Garrett,
of Baltimore are studying American geogra-
ply in pleas mt manner They left Balti-
more in May with their tutor, and have trav-
eled on a special car through Mexico, Texas,
Colorado and other parts Of the country.
They recently passed through Utah on their
way to California.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-08
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

Young Wing, of Hartford, Conn. is said
to be again contemplating matrimony. He
has been widower for some years. His wife
was an American lady.
Ernest Renan will soon publish new vol
ume under the title "Discours ct Confer
ences," consisting of occasional discourses de-
livered by him since 1879.
Carter H. Harrison, ex-mayor of Chicago.
has given $4,000 to st. Luke's hospital Of
that city to endow bed in memory of his
late wife, Marguerite Stearns Harrison.
Robert Lewis Stevenson will soon reach
this country. He will 60 to California and
spend year or more in the southern portion
of t"at State for .he benefit of his health.
Professor Carl Vogt, of Geneva, and Pro
fessor Alexander Agassiz, of Boston, were
elected corresponding members of the Paris
Academy of Sciences at recent meeting.
John Russell Young is collecting material
for a history Of the civil life of Gen. Grant
He has lost considerable flesh, but his health
is better than it has been for several years.
William NJ. Stark recently appointed col
lector of customs at New London, Conn, is a
defendant of Gen. Stark, of Revolutionary
fame. Mr.. Stark is a lawyer and q college
graduate
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-08
RIGHTHAND oULcH LOOP.

grade by curves is where the engineers skill
Is tested. From Denver to Golden, at the foot
Of the mountains, is an easy ascent; there the
narrow gauge railway starts up the wild
gorge of Clear creek, and rises 1000 feet in
the short stage TO Central City. At the
junction of the two Clear creeks a branch
turns to the left and goes by Idaho Springs to
Georgetown, which is S,400 feet above the
sea- All around the city tho mountains rise
IN perfect amphitheatre for 5000 feet, and
in the upper end Of the city the canyon di-
vides; from Lefthand gulch river of crystal
water comes pouring through rocky fume
as.if it were tumbling from the clouds, while
up Rghthand gulch the grade is little easier,
and all the mountain side Is thick veined with
the richest of silver lodes. Most noted among
these are the Silver Plume (which gives name
to the little mining town in the gulch), Dives
Pelican, etc. To overcome the steep ascent
of this canyon-2000 feet in eight miles, be-
sides the abrupt breaks and chasms-was the
task Of the engineer, and our engraving shows
bow it was done.
The railroad winds around the upper end Of
the city in an ascending SPIRAL giving the
passengers birds eye view of houses and
streets below; 1t then passes up the very bot
tom of the canyon till convenient plateau is
reached, where it crosses tho stream and
turns back toward Georgetown; then turning
again to the south and west, it recrosses the
canyon on bridge 800 feet long and 80 feet
above its own track, and then, turning up the
canyon once more, but Oh higher level, il
goes on winding from side to side to Gray
mont, present terminus of the line. There
the tourist must take horse if he would ascend
Grays peak, still nearly 1000 feet above him.
T. u
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-08
A CROOKED BIT OF RAIL.
Wonderful Work of Engineers at Right
hand Gulch, Colo.
.Special Cor.espondence.l

Special Cor.espondence,l
DENVER, Aug 9.-There is no end to the
triumphs of engineering in the Rockies.
Railroad men of today smile at the talk of
twenty years ago, when the construction Of
the Union Pacific was long delayed to find
smooth route. Now trains run over divides
II 900 feet and more above the seq, wind along
the rocky sides of deep canyons and thread
their way along "benches" 1000 feet in the
air and once thought accessible only by the
eagle ami the mountain sheep. Give assur-
ance that the traffic will justify the outlay,
and the engineers will blast out railway
track along the face of a cliff where the pio-
neer workmen have to be let down from
above with ropes The development of new
mineral lodeS IN the heart of the mountains
justifes these extraordinary methods of reach
ing them by rail. We give herewith a view
of the latest achievement-the Topped rail-
way up "Righthand gulch," rom George
town, Colo, to the foot of Gray's peak.
To appreciate this achievement, consider
these facts: The main range of the Rocky
mountains through Colorado has an average
elevation of II 900 feet, with occasional peaks
rising much higher, Gray's peak having an
elevation of 144l0 feet. From these heights
the floods of early summer have cut fearful
chasms to the plains, and up these canyons,
as they are called, the old time mountaineers
found :heir only possible routes to tie
"divides." The railroads follow, obedient to
the same necessities; but the ascent is too
rapid for any engine, and in reducing the
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-08
PROMINENT MEN.

Chief Justice Waite's hair is beginning to
be dashed with silver threads
Stepnial, the celebrated Nihilist author,
will visit the United States soon.
Senator Call, of Florida, writes his speeches
on old envelopes and circus bills.
P. 4. Barnum wants Bells statue of him
self placed in Central Park, New York.
George Francis Train is said to have de-
clined an offer of $4,000 for thirty lectures
DR.. Thorold, Bishop of Rochester, is about
to make three months visit to the United
States.
Mr.. Tilden, according to The London News,
owned property in England to the value Of
913S,O00.
Count d Marihori, son of Victor Emanuel,
has vineyards at Lucca that cover 1000 acres
of ground.
Oscar Wilde has become editor of Lon
of 9stheticism.
Senator Vance has named his new home
HGombroon." after the capital of De Quincey's
Imaginary kingdom.
D. r. Locke petroleum V. Nasby) is the
FIRST American editor who threw aside his
pencil for the typewriter.
1t is said that Secretary Whitney and his
wife have spent 100000 for charitable pur-
poses since last September.
Fred Douglass, now in Europe, is to be
given rousing reception by the colored peo-
pie of Washington on his return.
Grant Allen, the English author, says that
his income would be three times as greati an
international copyright law prevailed
Dir. McGlynn, three years ago, came near
being appointed bishop of the Pttsburg do
cese, his name, with three others, being sent
to Rome
Rev. Walpole Warren, vicar of Holy
Trinity church, Lambeth, has formally ac-
cepted the rectorship of Holy Trinity church,
New York.
Marcus G. Stearns is the sole survivor of
Chicago's original board of trade. He is now
~ years old, very rich, and has long been out
of business.
Terence V. Powderly says that if he should
leave his present office at The head of the
knights of Labor he would devote himself to
literary work.;
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-08
ODDS AND ENDS.

There is prospect of a very large cranberry
crop III Wisconsin this season.
The lyric which cost Tennyson the most
trouble was "Come into the Garden. Maud.n
Wilson, the unequaled ornithologist, earned
his living in uth as journeyman weaver.
Lotus blossoms are gathered at Prairie du
Chen, Wis, and sold on the streets of Madi-
son.
Edgar Poe's father was law student, and
his mother an actress named Elizabeth Ar
mold.
The location of a congregational college at
Fargo is assured. A $4,000 building will be
erected.
Oregon imports much of the butter she
consumes, though there is no better dairy
country in the world than Oregon.
There is church in the east end of Lon
don where parties 50 desiring can be married
for seven pence ha' penny.
The crown prince of Germany is said to
have been beyond question the handsomest
man in Englands jubilee procession.
There are 10S cotton mills in the south
Georgia heads the list with So, Tennessee
SSAASS hS-NO WIN -, anu AldDdlllu ~.
Sir 7. F. Buxton says he owed more to his
fathers gamekeeper who could neither read
nor write, than to any other source Of Snowl-
edge.
The day the postal treaty with Mexico
went into effect leading st. Louis citizens
sent President Diaz shaving outfit and Mrs.
Diaz an elegant feather fan.
Nine Cinnamon caught coming into this
country from British Co umbia were refused
domcile i'll this country, and had to pay $50
per head to the British Columbia government
Tor permission to return there
Among the nations which do not tax i'm
ported works of art are England, France,
Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. The
United States, China, Turkey, Mexico and
Canada rank with those that do.
The convicts in the prison at Saltwater,
Mimi, are making arrangements for the
issuance of weekly newspaper to be called
The Prison Mirror. Lew Schoonmaker is to
be the editor He has edited paper in
Waupun, Wis.
Boston has new club, just organized 1t
Is called the Charming Club, is composed ex-
clusively of young Unitarian laymeh, and
the memberships limited to 100. The pur-
pose of the club is to do hearty work for the
Unitarian church.
The population of Vienna was increased by
$4,000 during the past year, and now en-
braces with the suburbs) 1,26S,0OO. The
number of foreigners resident in Vienna has
just been ascertained for the first time 1t is
1000, including LIPS Italians, 491 Russians,
212 French and al English
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-08
DEACON BURDErTE.
His Short Lay Sermons on Topics That
Are Uppermost.


II know what is the matter with me, doc
tor" said the patient, land l know just what
need and all need. want quiet and rest "
Correct you are, replied the DOCTOR land
I'll fix you right out. Join a cricket club"
THOUGHTS FROM THE CONCORD SCHOOL.
why is the air in t. country so much
fresher than in the cityl" asked Miss Sillibub.
Because replied Farmer Hayseed, $50 many
fresh people come out from town and wade
around in it." No man who reads Aristotle
can deny this.
us it not possible" suggested Professor
Gull, principal of the Kaskaskia Primary
school, in the course OF his paper on the I'M
materiality of Substance, "that Aristotle
derived his ideas of potential infinities from
other inventorsl" "Oh, yes" said Professor
Mugs, LII. D. (teacher of violin and accor-
dion, St Paul City, Mimi, seafoam, shampoo
speciality; che had been reading Mime
apolis directory"
NO WONDER THEY CAPSIZED.
A yawl, containing members of the Second
Presbyterian Fishing club, of Philadelphia,
capsized off Cape May last Thursday and the
fishers were rescued from drowning with
great difficulty. Well, the Presbyterians
ought to know enough to keep out of deep
water. They're not used to it.
a SUPREME COURT DECISION.
Solomon the Wise was saved from being a
pettifogger by woman. The child's mother
checked the monarch in the very beginning
OF Lis career as an heir splitter.
AT MRS. M'KERRELs soIREE.
"Were you intendon to carve the fowl, Mr..
Samson| asked the landlady, insinuatingly,
"Sinew insist upon it, | will" replied Mr..
Samson, and all the spectators vailed their
faces as the strong man bowed himself for
the struggle.
HE WEARS THE UNIFORM, ANYWAY.
From the Incorporate language used by
Professor Tyndall in his assaults upon Mr..
Gladstone, the hard names he calls the Grand
Old Man, the vicious charges he makes, the
mud he throws and the generally hateful and
malignanG temper he displays, we fear the
scientist has become philanthropist and
joined the reformers 1t is indeed dishearten-
ing and saddening to see man who has
hitherto possessed a warm, affectionate,
human heart, touched with perhaps one or
two human infilmities itself, suddenly be-
come intlrmed with desire to do people
good. It's always mighty hard on the people
Brooklyn Eagle
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-08
OF INTEREST TO LADIES'.

Some very pretty and effective photographs
ore seen of tennis parties taken on the lawns
of fashionable country seats, or on the prem
ises of suburban club
1t is something of an ordeal for an Ameri-
can bride to be taken across the Atlantic to
be presented to the noble and aristocratic
relatives of her titled husband.
Very little society news of consequence is
received from even the resorts where the
Representative people" left in this country
this summer are now sojourning.
The clever wife OF a western college pro-
fessor answers the question: ''What is your
idea OF It Esroine" in this way: san educated
American woman who does her own house
wcri."
What sort OF wedding was this? Manuel.
Barriant and wife, of Matamoras, Mexico,
recently celebrated the eightieth anniversary
of their wedding. The husband is 102 and
the wife &c.
The Palouse Nv. IT, Gazette is responsible
for the following statement: whitman
county has the smallest woman living She
resides three miles from Pine City, is q years
old, twenty-nine inches high and weighs
thirty three pounds
Mrs N. G. Jones, of Diamond Loeb, Mich,
has canary bird with q double voice. He
appears to sing two songs at once, and has a
sort of ventriloquistic power by which bis
voice is made to appear to come from another
room from that in which he is.
At the French Bazaar held in London dur
ing the present season the wheel of fortune
was pl esided over by Miss Chamberlain of
the United States She is no longer desig-
mated as "the American beauty" not that her
charms ire fading, but because other Amer
lean rosrs are blooming in England's social
parterre and sharing royal favors.
At a reception held at the American min
ister's in London OH July 4, Mrs. Phelps APP
peared in beautiful dress of pale gray satin
and Chantilly lace. 1t was first worn at the
queens garden party during jubilee week,
where it attracted much admiration. Mrs.
Phelps is a graceful hostess, and sustains the
reputation of the United States for its hand
some and fascinating women.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-08

A. de Cordova is Wall street broker He
Is the treasurer and secretary of the Gentle
mems driving club. He is about 33 years q
age, and although he has no very fast horses
Is very fond Of the trotters. He Is seen at
the track nearly every afternoon.
Sheriff Hugh J. Grant owns the fast trott. r
Kenilworth. Sheriff Grant spends a great
deal OF his spare time driving on the road,
and sends Kenilworth on the grand circuit
TO win money to pay FOR this expensive
pleasure. He has always got his eyes open
for new good horse
Nathan Strauss, the owner Of Majolica,
has two fast mares at Saranac Lake. They
are Bessie and Bessie Sprazue Mr.. Strauss
would like 10 become the owner Of Libby g.,
but thinks $500 lot Of money TO pay for
her. His mare Pottery Girl is at Cleveland
and is going to trot in the grand circuit.
Mr.. A. B. ClaAin, one Of the judges at the
recent r'eeting held at Fleetwood, is very
popular on Wall street and on tie road. He
Is son OF tho lato II. B. Clalin, and handles
the rci1s dexterously over his team, Over
mann and mate Ho sent them along re.
Gently, doing mile in 2:s,3 and fraction.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-08
American Medical students Abroad.

There are comporately few American
students of medicine now in Paris. Those
who come are usually physicians bearing the
diploma Of some American medical college,
who attend tie lectures and visit the hos
pitfalls for possibly season, and then go to
Vienna Or Berlin, or to both cities, taking
them in succession. AS students and grad
uated physicians there are in all several
thousand Americans every year at the famous
institutes of Germany and Austria. do not
know why it is that the tide OF doctors Is set
ting away from this city, while the number
of students in art and in medicine augments
rapidly each year. The opportunities for
studying medicine are certainly ample. Lee
lures are free and the hospitals are open to
the students Of every nation.-Paris Cor. San
Francisco Chronicle.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-08
Loaded for the Editor.

"Sary," said Dakota man to his vile, "did
you take them ten punches of wheat brought
in an put 'em all together, AM mix the roots
all up, an plaster some mud on 'em in good
bhape2"
eyes, fixed 'er,."
"Put the bunch in the wagon, an I'll take IL
to town AM give it to the editor an tell him it
all grew from one seed. And then he will say
in the paper that he was on Wednesday
showed stool of wheat by Farmer Dozen
berry, in which there were 400 stalks an
heads. This remarkable product is all from
one grain of seed. Dakoty agin the world!
Nextr "-Dakota Bell
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-08

Sunday School Teacher-You seem to re-
member what Eve was told would be the PEN
atty of her disobedience, but don't think
you quite understand it. Now, in a family,
who is called the head of the house?
Little Girl-The one that does the bossing.
"The one who directs its affairs Now who
doesl"
"Mamma"
"W Il, she directs the servants, but who
ometimes makes her do things she don't want
to very much|
II do"-Omaha World.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-08
4 New Emit Dish.

"Orange hash" is the name of lately in
vented fruit dish now popular in Charleston,
S. G. "Orange hash" is made of that fruit;
also bananas, lemons, apples, raisins and
pineapples, cut into little bits and served with
sugar and nutmeg. The manner of its serv-
ing is as peculiar as the dish itself A hole is
cut in an orange large enough to admit a
spoon, and after the inside has been scraped
out the orange is filled with the hash and a
little champagne or other wine-just enough
to fill in the chinks-and the whole is frozen.
-Chicago Times
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-08
nom, laugh at Nervous People.

Their sufferings are very real, although
you, with your vigorous physique and strong
nerves, can scarcely believe it. Rather sug-
gest the use of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
which, in removing every trace ofdyspepsia,
and regulating the liver and bowels, strikes
at and extirpates the most prolific cause Of
chronic nervous trouble. That nerve-shat-
tering disease, fever and ague, is among the
formidable ailments, to the removal of which
this genial remedy is specially adapted. Ner-
vous prostration, resulting from prolonged
mental or physical effort, is also state OF
the system where the Intervention of this
tonic is very desirable, more particularly as
its use is to quiet and relax the tension OF
over-wrought nerves. The Bitters are in
valuable in rheumatism, neuralgia and kid
ney troubles. Employ no substitute for 1t.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-08
The Witching Hour.

When the mantle of night DER the earth is spread
And the sky with its twinkIng gems is starred,
Again on the roof of the back yard shed
The feline solo and chorus Is heard.
Then the neighboring windows are upward raised
And the white robed forms through the gloom
we spy,
And swift from the hands of men half crazed,
The showers Of boots and bootjacks fly.
flushed for a while are the lullabics,
And the wrathful people so back to bed,
But ere sweet sleep has sealed their eyes,
The concerts resumed on another shed.
Boston Courier.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-08
Two Ways Of Putting 1t.

"Do you not often wonder, George" she
aid, softly, as they stood at the gate, lat
the infinite number of stars, where that vast
silent, eternal procession is going on and
whence it Gamer
"Ye-es," replied George, rather besitatingly;
Hbut don't you find that to look at the sky for
any length Of time makes the back Of your
peck acheft-Boston Beacon.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-08

Bordered fabrics recently received have
embroidered selvages of palms, or Persian
or other oriental designs, either in the
same or various ~ lors.
Another arrangement for touching up
plain bodice consists of detachable revers
of velvet coming from shoulder to waist,
with four folds inside them near the front.
The loose blouse waist in some of its
various forms is favored by sensible
women for costumes for general wear in
the country or at the seaside.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-08
he would not say the words, although

he would not say the words, although
She did her best to please;
So she gave him u pinch Of old Scotch snuff
And brought him TO his sneeze.
Merchant Traveller.
Private arm in arm with bis sweetheart,
meets his sergeant in the garden Of a restaur.
ant)-Sergeant, my sister, Sergeant -
know; sue was mine once.-Eberswalder
Zeitung.
PA" said Second avenue boy, al know
what makes folks laugh in their sleeves. ~
swell, my son, what makes 'emp "'Cause
that's where their funny bone is."-New
York MercuI',.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-08
Wolnanly Sympathy.

First Omaha Girl-Dear mel the paper
says Miss Ramsey, q girl of 20, who goes to
Cambridge university, beat all the male
students at the recent examinations.
Second Omaha Girl-Well, well Took all
the priest
u suppose So"
"Poor grill She must be terribly bomely
TO be so smart. "-Omaha World.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-08
Tricks in All Trades.

"The Economy house at Jayville is about
the worst hotel | ever stopped at" remarked
a travelling man to his companion on the
cars.
ayes, that's a mighty poor hotel, but the
proprietor is getting rich"
II should say be is Any hotel keeper that
makes soup by washing the breakfast dishes
in hot water couldn't avoid getting rich if be
wanted to"-Merchant Traveller.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-08
LIGHT AND AIRY.
The Old Linen Buster.

How dear to my heart is the old linen buster,
The old linen buster that covers my back.
1t never did fit me, twas made for buster,
A bus er much bigger than am, alack!
Yet still in the summer, when than Hades It's
hotter,
That old linen buster never would swap
For new overcoat made of sealskin and otter,
With agraffes Of pure gold set with diamonds
on top
That voluminous duster,
That old linen buster,
Thai buster of a buster that covers my back,
Boston Courier.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-08
The Following of Paper.

Professor Julius Wiesmer has conducted an
investigation on the reasons why paper he
comes yellow on standing exposed to t! Q
light. He shows that the following of WOE d
pulp paper is an oxidation process caused y
light, and that moisture aids it very much.
If the paper pulp is entirely free from mat
tiers other than cellulose, the following will
not take place Chicago Times.